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overstated
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective overstated has 1 sense
- overstated(s = adj.all) exaggerated, overdone - represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"
CIDE DICTIONARY
overstated, adj.
represented as greater than is true or reasonable; exaggerated; as, They made overstated accusations of corruption. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
overstated
aggrandized, amplified, ballyhooed, disproportionate, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, grandiloquent, high-flown, hyperbolic, inflated, inordinate, magnified, overdone, overdrawn, overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overgreat, overlarge, overpraised, oversold, overstressed, overwrought, prodigal, profuse, puffed, stretched, superlative, touted
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